Fatal Hospital Shooting; 'Long Vax' Cases Emerge; Transplant Screening Under Fire Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Jul 05, 2023
First Cellular Therapy Approved for Type 1 Diabetes Infusion made from deceased donor pancreatic islet cells Jun 29, 2023
Fecal Matter Transplant Shows Promise in Cirrhosis Pilot trial demonstrates that FMT can boost gut health, prevent serious infections Jun 25, 2023
Comparing Two Types of Mitral Valve Repair; Circulatory Death and Donor Hearts Also in TTHealthWatch: benefits of oseltamivir, family-based approach to obesity treatment Jun 17, 2023 podcast
Acute GvHD Risk After Allo-HCT Higher With Some Antibiotics vs Others Findings could pave the way for considering common complication in stewardship programs Jun 08, 2023
Trial Affirms Safety of Circulatory-Death Heart Transplants 6-month results reported for perfusion-tested hearts outside of normal brain-death donation route Jun 08, 2023
New Antiviral Option for CMV Prophylaxis After Kidney Transplant Letermovir proved noninferior to standard of care in clinical trial Jun 06, 2023
Kidneys on Ice; Improving Outcomes for Smaller Strokes Also in TTHealthWatch: multivitamins for cognition Jun 03, 2023 podcast
COVID Outbreak at CDC Meeting Grows; 14 Cancer Drugs in Shortage; Human Organ Sales Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff May 30, 2023
Heart Transplants From Active COVID Donors Linked With Higher Mortality Outcomes from donors with recently resolved COVID similar to those without SARS-CoV-2, however May 17, 2023
Experts Outline Strategies for Boosting Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Race-neutral calculations for kidney function, leveling the playing field on waiting lists May 15, 2023
What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient? Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant May 15, 2023
Multimodal Evaluations May Flag Cardiac Allograft Problems Earlier Study underscores importance of anatomical, physiological parameters May 11, 2023
Allo-Transplant Tied to Better PFS in Advanced Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphomas Results will likely "encourage a practice change," editorialists say May 10, 2023
GLP-1 RAs Safe Months After Kidney Transplant Helped diabetics cut down on daily insulin dose, body weight May 08, 2023
Statins Linked to Slower Liver Disease Progression Risk 40% lower with use among those with preexisting liver disease, study found May 04, 2023
FDA Allows Extra Doses of Bivalent COVID Vax for Immunocompromised Tots More doses of Pfizer's vaccine can be administered at the discretion of healthcare providers Apr 28, 2023
Transplant Chief Was an Organ Recipient Herself Years ago, she had a liver transplant. Now she leads Hopkins' pediatric liver transplant program Apr 19, 2023
Pioneering Lung Transplant; Regulators and Weight-Loss Drugs; Psychedelic Long COVID Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Apr 18, 2023
FDA OKs Cell Therapy to Lower Infection Risk After Stem Cell Transplant Omidubicel reduced infections in blood cancer patients from 60% to 39% at 100 days posttransplant Apr 17, 2023
Floaters Affect Vision of Kidney Transplant Patient UL97- and UL54-resistant CMV retinitis treated with multivirus-specific T-cell therapy Apr 17, 2023
Monopoly Be Gone: A New Chapter in U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation A recent announcement from HHS has the power to transform our deeply flawed system Apr 04, 2023
Smaller Liver Transplant Candidates Wait Longer, Less Likely to Receive Organ Disparity mostly affects women, but allocating more livers from smaller donors may help Mar 29, 2023
Our Organ Transplant System Isn't the Failure It's Made Out to Be Upholding the system will save lives Mar 24, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
Cancer Transmission From Organ Donors With Brain Tumors Not Much of a Risk In U.K. cohort study, no cases of transmission observed Mar 22, 2023
FDA Mandate on Acetaminophen-Opioid Combinations Appeared Effective Hospitalizations for liver toxicity declined after FDA limited acetaminophen dose Mar 07, 2023
Vitamin B3 Doesn't Cut Skin Cancer Risk After Organ Transplant Randomized study finds no benefit with 12 months of nicotinamide versus placebo Mar 01, 2023
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities "Urgent need" for anti-discrimination initiatives to promote equitable care, researchers argue Feb 15, 2023
Study Finds Wide Variation in Organ Procurement Performance At 13 hospitals covered by two OPOs, only a fourth of organs were recovered from potential donors Feb 08, 2023
U.S. Exercise Levels; Lifestyle and Memory Decline; Cooling Kidney Donors Also in TTHealthWatch: a vaccine for meningococcal disease in kids Feb 04, 2023 podcast
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant Noninvasive cooling before organ removal didn't measure up for early organ function Feb 02, 2023
Doctor Charged With Attempted Murder; Organs for Less Prison Time? JAMA's AI Policy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Feb 01, 2023
Change Coming for Bloated Congenital Heart Surgeon Workforce Subspecialty seeks to reinvigorate congenital heart training, early careers Jan 23, 2023
When Surgeons Clamp Down on Opioids After Cardiac Operations Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids Jan 22, 2023
Post-Transplant Triplet Bests Lenalidomide Maintenance Alone in Myeloma Longer PFS with carfilzomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone, interim analysis shows Jan 17, 2023
Epstein-Barr Virus Tracking After Liver Transplant May Cut Rare Complication Observational study provides suggestive evidence Jan 17, 2023
Off-the-Shelf T-Cell Therapy Effective Against Viral Infections After Allo-HCT Produced an antiviral response in 95% of patients with six different types of infection Jan 13, 2023
Post-HSCT Brentuximab Vedotin Plus Nivolumab Highly Effective in Hodgkin Lymphoma However, toxic effects might limit the combination to the highest-risk patients Jan 10, 2023